Bexley, St Mary the Virgin
Photo: Dickon Love, 12th Jun 2004 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As received in 1937) | (As dispatched 1937 after retuning) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-0-7 | 3-0-8 | 23" | A | 1938 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | Never | ||
® | 2 | 3-1-17 | 3-1-21 | 23⅞" | G♯ | 1938 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | Never | ||
® | 3 | 3-1-18 | 3-3-26 | 3-1-13 | 25¾" | F♯ | 1763 | Thomas Janaway, Chelsea | 1938 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 4 | 4-0-11 | 4-0-9 | 26½" | E | 2003 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | 1938 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 5 | 4-0-6 | 4-1-1 | 4-0-7 | 28¼" | D | 1763 | Thomas Janaway, Chelsea | Removed | 1938 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | 6 | 4-1-11 | 4-2-21 | 4-2-1 | 29¼" | C♯ | 1763 | Thomas Janaway, Chelsea | 1938 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 7 | 5-1-11 | 5-2-25 | 5-1-23 | 32" | B | 1763 | Thomas Janaway, Chelsea | Removed | 1938 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | Tenor | 7-0-18 | 8-0-3 | 7-2-6 | 36" | A | 1763 | Thomas Janaway, Chelsea | Removed | 1938 Mears & Stainbank |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1938 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel |
Inscriptions |
Earlier bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As received in 1937) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
2nd o(of 6) | 1763 | Thomas Janaway | Never | Recast 1827 | ||||
4th of 8 | 4-0-9 | 4-1-17 | 27" | 1827 | Thomas Mears II | 1938 Mears & Stainbank | Recast 2003 |
History |
1552 | Record of 3 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
1763 | The ring of 5 were recast into a ring of 6 plus a Sanctus Bell (which disappeared over 100 years ago). | ||
1827 | Thomas Mears recast 2nd. | ||
1938 | Two trebles added and bells retuned and rehung in a new frame. | ||
1999 | Clappers refurbished and new bearings and pulley boxes were fitted. | ||
2003 | The 4th (of 8) was recast by Whitechapel following their recommendation a few years before that this was a particularly weak bell in the ring. The canons were removed from the bells and they were all rehung. |
[1] | Item iij bells suted in the steple and one lytle bell and one hand bell. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
Gallery |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |